Fairy tales, fables and folk tales

The Talking Silver Foxes

Intermediate

6 min read

The silver foxes resemble other foxes, but are yellow, fire-red or white in color. They know how to influence human beings, too. There is a kind of silver fox which can learn to speak like a man in a year’s time. These foxes are called “Talking Foxes.” South-west of the bay of Kaiutschou there is […]

Fin MacCumhail, the Seven Brothers, and the King of France

Jeremiah Curtin
Irish

Intermediate

15 min read

When Fin MacCumhail with seven companies of the Fenians of Erin was living at Tara of the Kings, he went hunting one day with the seven companies; and while out on the mountains seven young men came towards him and when they came up and stood before him he asked their names of them. Each […]

The Sun and the Moon

Mabel Cook Cole
Philippine

Easy

1 min read

Once the Sun and the Moon quarreled with each other, and the Sun said: “You are only the Moon and are not much good. If I did not give you light, you would be no good at all.” But the Moon answered: “You are only the Sun, and you are very hot. The women like […]

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